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The King of Staten Island (2020), Pete Davidson, Universal Pictures

The King of Staten Island is a good film; as is the case with all Judd Apatow directed comedy/drama movies I’ve seen. To name just three: The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007) and This is 40 (2012),

Starring Pete Davidson, Bill Burr, Marisa Tomei and Bell Powley; Apatow’s movie is about a young man named Scott (Davidson). Particularly his coming-of-age story after years of arrested development following the loss of his father in a hotel fire.

Based largely on Davidson’s personal story, The King of Staten Island is both moving and funny in all the right places. Scott’s emotional journey and personal growth are well drawn, making for a believable story with memorable scenes. I.e., I enjoyed all the jokes at the expense of Staten Island. And one of the most moving scenes is when Scott goes to pick up Ray’s children for the first time.

I enjoyed the jokes, even in the moments when Scott wasn’t especially likeable. Additionally, everyone performed well, but I was especially impressed by one of my favourite comics Bill Burr’s dramatic turn as Ray.

Overall, The King of Staten Island is worth watching for a moving story about a young man who finally decides to live life on purpose. Both Judd Apatow and Pete Davidson fans should definitely watch it if they haven’t already.

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The King of Staten Island (2020), Pete Davidson, Bill Burr, Universal Pictures

Read my spoiler-free movie review of The King of Staten Island (2020).

In new comedy/drama The King of Staten Island, standup comic Pete Davidson is Scott, a young man who’s been dealing with a case of arrested development ever since his father died.

Scott spends his days smoking marijuana and dreaming of being a tattoo artist, until eventually, he has to face his grief and take charge of his life.

Directed and cowritten by Judd Apatow; additional key cast includes Bill Burr, Steve Buscemi and Marisa Tomei.

I’m in to see how closely what happens in this movie is linked to Davidson’s actual life story. So far, it looks like a lot is the same except they’ve swapped Davidson’s pursuit of a stand-up comedy career with a career as a tattoo artist.

I also want to see this for the comedy greatness of Apatow and Burr; the latter being one of my absolute favourite comedians. He’s just so good! I know he’s not doing standup in this movie, but simply seeing one of my favourite funny people, especially while he’s rocking that notable moustache is guaranteed to put a smile on my face.

Maude Apatow, Bel Powley, Pamela Adlon, Kevin Corrigan, Machine Gun Kelly, Jimmy Tatro, Moises Arias, Adriana DeMeo, Hank Strong and Domenick Lombardozzi also star.

The King of Staten Island Release Dates: June 12th, 2020 (US)…

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